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Since Trump’s election, the term “tribalism” has become ubiquitous. The word has been used to explain his victory. Tribalism refers to the organization of people along lines of common ancestry for the purpose of exercising political power. Political tribes can organize along stark lines: the working class versus the 1 percent, baby boomers versus millennials, city dwellers versus rural people. But they can also be more nebulous, forming around subtleties of education, lifestyle or cultural taste.

Some people think that dialogue and debate can help the United States defeat its current tribalism. If only we could calmly talk about our differences, we would reach some compromise. But not all disagreements are bridgeable. The Union and the Confederacy did not resolve their differences through dialogue; it was a civil war that put an end to slavery. Jim Crow laws were defeated through mass protests and civil disobedience. Schools were desegregated though a Supreme Court decision, which had to be implemented with the help of the National Guard. The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed as a political necessity during World War II. Some fights are not talked away. They are either won or lost.

Barack Obama has said “What if we were wrong? Maybe we pushed too far. Maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe.”

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from *THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, track released September 23, 2018

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Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more

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